https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police detained a man and a woman on suspicion of desecrating a grave in Alicante cemetery with the purpose of carrying out a cult ritual to strengthen their relationship. https://www.thelocal.es/20160222/couple-arrested-over-graveyard-voodoo-love-ritual Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:23:53 +0100 couple-arrested-over-graveyard-voodoo-love-ritual A Madrid couple who hired an assassin in a bid to inherit an undertaking business have been handed lengthy jail terms after things didn’t work out quite as planned. https://www.thelocal.es/20150807/spanish-couple-hired-hitman-to-inherit-funeral-home-madrid Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:17:04 +0200 spanish-couple-hired-hitman-to-inherit-funeral-home-madrid A groundbreaking new service in the Spanish city of Valencia will let people watch the funerals of their loved ones online wherever they are in the world. https://www.thelocal.es/20141031/spanish-city-launches-live-internet-funerals Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:56:00 +0100 spanish-city-launches-live-internet-funerals A Spanish musician has mocked the country's finance minister Cristobal Montoro with a message he told his relatives to inscribe on his headstone. https://www.thelocal.es/20140828/dead-man-insults-spanish-politician-on-gravestone Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:54:00 +0200 dead-man-insults-spanish-politician-on-gravestone Half a dozen funeral-goers in southern Spain have been taken to hospital after their loved one's coffin fell on them. https://www.thelocal.es/20140514/coffin-crash-lands-six-mourners-in-hospital Wed, 14 May 2014 15:36:00 +0200 coffin-crash-lands-six-mourners-in-hospital A leaked video showing how Spanish cemetery workers made fun of the bodily remains they were exhuming has turned into a social media success despite its inappropriate content. https://www.thelocal.es/20140505/gravediggers-slammed-for-mocking-the-dead Mon, 05 May 2014 14:45:00 +0200 gravediggers-slammed-for-mocking-the-dead A 73-year-old woman in Spain who was cleaning her husband's tombstone had to be rescued by police on Thursday after she fell into a grave. https://www.thelocal.es/20140321/grandma-injured-after-falling-into-open-grave Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:14:00 +0100 grandma-injured-after-falling-into-open-grave Gypsies in the north-eastern city of Zaragoza are up in arms about a town hall ruling which puts a limit on the amount of ornamentation they can place on their loved ones' graves. https://www.thelocal.es/20130607/gypsies-riled-by-cemetery-decor-law Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:29:00 +0200 gypsies-riled-by-cemetery-decor-law Workers at a cemetery in Seville have kicked up a stink after thieves stole several motors from fridges used to preserve bodies until their cremation. https://www.thelocal.es/20130502/metal-tomb-raiders-ransack-seville-cemetery Thu, 02 May 2013 18:11:00 +0200 metal-tomb-raiders-ransack-seville-cemetery Two cemetery workers in Navarre have been arrested for allegedly plucking gold teeth from dead bodies. https://www.thelocal.es/20130326/cemetery-duo-ripped-gold-teeth-from-corpses Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:43:00 +0100 cemetery-duo-ripped-gold-teeth-from-corpses Granada's San José cemetery moved into the 21st century when it became a Wi-Fi zone on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130312/spanish-cemetery-switches-on-free-wifi Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:17:00 +0100 spanish-cemetery-switches-on-free-wifi